Turning brushes into cloners

In Corel® Painter™ IX.5, the brush variants in the Cloners category behave like other brushes, except that they pick up color from a clone source instead of from the Colors palette. These variants re-create the source image while effectively filtering it, reproducing the image in an artistic style, such as pastel chalk or watercolor.

To expand your creativity, you can turn almost any brush into a cloner by using the Clone Color button. The Clone Color button causes a brush to pick up color from the source image while retaining its own stroke qualities.

Before using the Clone Color button, you must choose a source image. You can use any image that you can open in Corel Painter —just ensure that the image you choose is activated as the clone source.

To set a document as the clone source

1. Open the image that you want to use as the clone source.
   
   
2. Choose File menu > Clone Source, and select the document you want to use as the clone source.
   The filename with a check beside it is the clone source.
   
   

To use the Clone Color button

1. Choose Window menu > Show Colors to display the Colors palette.
   If the Colors palette is not expanded, click the palette arrow.
   
   
2. Click the Clone Color button (see below).
   
   
   
   

If you change brushes while cloning images, you must click the Clone Color button again.